Author: Eva

It Ends With Us was such a horrible, trash book but it was all so funny and amazing at the same time.
It Ends with Us is a book about a girl named Lily who has recently moved and is getting ready to start her life after college. Lily then meets Ryle and develops feelings for him. The connection between Lily and Ryle is challenged when Atlas, her first love, shows up just as she starts to feel something for Ryle.

Imagine all the people you meet in your life. There are so many. They come in waves, trickling in and out with the tide. Some waves are much bigger and make more of an impact than others. Sometimes the waves bring with them things from deep in the bottom of the sea and they leave those things tossed onto the shore. Imprints against the grains of sand that prove the waves had once been there, long after the tide recedes. p.60

I chose this quote because it really makes me think about all the memories I have and made, and lets me really reflect on the impact they have on me.

The Long Game is about Adalyn Reyes, a hardworking employee for Miami Flames FC offices, and Cameron Caldani, a recently retired professional goalkeeper, their story begins when Adalyn pops the head off the team’s mascot, and a video is released of it, it goes viral. Her boss, who happens to be her dad and the owner of the team, chooses not to fire her but sends her away to some random place in North Carolina where she gets tasked to help the local soccer team.. which happens to be children, who wear tutu’s to practice, and keep goats as pets..

So I resumed my quest, reaching for a panicked Brandy, but I–

Looked down, and found a trail of anxiety-induced poo.

“Oh God,” I said as I veered for the opposite side. But Brandy was still distraught– and therefore, very much pooping all over the place. “Brandy,” I tried again, seeing Cameron dash for me out of the corner of my eye. “Cameron, no,” I warned him, thrusting one hand in his direction and the other in the direction of Brandy. The goat,” I explained, watching how Brandy twirled and head-butted into my side with enough force to push me a step back. “The poo,” I added, stepping on something soft and feeling my shoe slide forward. “The flannel!” I finished, miraculously managing to grasp the jacket with both hands throw it up into the air.

I landed on my ass.

“Jesus Christ Adalyn,” Cameron barked. “Are you okay?”

“Tell me your jacket is safe,” I answered from the ground, blinking at the now dark sky above me. Hmm, pretty. “And I’m fine. Thine goat poo softened the blow.”

My suit on the other hand? Not so much. (pg.152)

I choose this scene because I found the chaos of it all funny, with Brandy getting spooked– did I mention she’s blind?– and pooping all over the pace to poor Adalyn slipping in it and saving Cameron’s jacket. At this point in the book, our two MC’s are now slowly starting to get along !!

Icebreaker is a love story between our lovely university students, Anastasia Allen and Nate Hawkins, a pair figure skater and a hockey player, ironic right?  Their story takes place in California, at Maple Hills Uni.

Anastasia has a knack for planning everything out, so when the hockey players’ arena gets trashed and they have to share rinks, it heavily affects Anastasia’s skating schedule and chance to get into Team USA, her life-long dream.

With Nate’s side, he’s desperately trying to keep his team in check and on the ice as the captain. Dealing with Anastasia and her pair, who is VERY mean, is something he didn’t expect but it sparks something with him and Anastasia.

    There’s only one person I haven’t faced yet and it’s the one person I’ve been dreading. He takes forever-or what feels like forever, at least-to take a seat. He’s in a Maple Hills Titans T-shirt and gray sweats, and I hate myself for being a woman swayed by a man in gray sweatpants. Sh*t. No, there will be no swaying.

“Hi,” he says cheerfully. “I’m Nathan Hawkins.”

“You’re playing it like that, are you?”

He ignores my question and quirks an eyebrow. “And you are?”

“Nathan what are you doing?” I ask, folding my arms and leaning back in my seat. He mirrors me, folding his own arms. To an outsider, we probably look like the least approachable table, which to be fair, we might be.

“We’re starting over. Everyone loves a fresh start, right? Let’s have one. You can’t stay mad forever.”

“I was planning to stay mad longer than forever, so I feel like you’re massively underestimating me.” He starts laughing and I don’t know what to do with myself, because my face is fighting to smile, too.

Pg. 65, at this point in the book, they MCs have already met and are on bad terms, the coaches arranged a team building meet so they would all get along. As this chapter is in Anastasia’s POV, we get to see her make new friends and introduced to the hockey team.

Hate to love you, was written by Jenn Bennet. It’s two books in one; Alex, Approximately AND Starry Eyes can you believe that!?

Between the two, Alex, Approximately was my favourite.

In Alex, Approximately, the two main characters are Bailey ‘Mink’ Rydell and Porter Alexander Roth. For Starry Eyes, it’s Zorie Everhart and Lennon Mackenzie.

Both stories are amazing, this is one of my favourite parts from Alex, Approximately

As I’m licking the cinnamon sugar from my fingertips, I spy a fat orange tabby cat sunning on the sidewalk near the bench.

No. Could it be?

I glance across the promenade. Looks to be a vintage clothing store, a surf shop -Penny Boards, which may or may not be named after Porter’s stupid grandfather- a medical marijuana dispensary, and a café of some sort. The cat stretches. I pull down my shades. Our eyes meet. Am I looking at Alex’s stray cat?

“Here kitty,” I call sweetly. “Sam-I-Am? That wouldn’t be your name, would it? Sweet boy?”

His listless gaze doesn’t register my voice. For a moment, I wonder if he died, then he just rolls to one side, turning a cool shoulder to me with snotty feline aplomb.

The Love Hypothesis book written by Ali Hazelwood, it was published Sept. 14th 2021.

This wonderful book is about a girl named Olive, a third year Ph.D candidate, and Adam, a professor at the college. When Anh, Olive’s best friend, starts dating Olive’s former fling, Olive attempts to show that she is unbothered. Olive tells Anh that she’s also dating someone, and to prove it, Olive kisses the first man she sees: Adam. This brings them together to “date” and puts them through sticky situations through-out the book.

This is one of my favourite parts from the book, they had started to get more comfortable together in this part of the book now;

 His smile was more uneven than ever. “Where do you want to go smart-*ss?”

“Let’s see . . . What do you like? Aside from tap water and hard-boiled spinach?”

He gave her a dirty side-look. “How about burgers?”

“Meh.” She shrugged. “I guess. If there’s nothing else.”

“What’s wrong with burgers?”

“I don’t know. They taste like foot.”

“They what?”

“What about Mexican? Do you like Mexican?”

“Burgers don’t taste like–”

“Or Italian? Pizza would be great. And maybe there’s something celery-based that you could order.”

“Burgers it is.”